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Playwriting alum Clarence Coo ’10 was presented with the Horton Foote Award at the Dramatists Guild’s annual awards ceremony on April 29, 2025, at the Broadway restaurant Green Fig.
Through her work, School of the Arts playwright Amalia Oliva Rojas gives voice to immigrants and women of color.
Professor of Theatre and Playwriting Concentration Head David Henry Hwang will receive the Dramatists Guild’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Writing alum Brysen Boyd ’20 and Theatre alum Fernando Buzhar Segall ’24 will have work featured in the 2025 Valdez Theatre Conference in Anchorage, Alaska.
The Tony Award winning Crossroads Theatre Company has partnered with Professor Lynn Nottage and Columbia University School of the Arts to found the annual Crossroads Genesis Prize for Playwriting Excellence.
Playwriting student D.A. Mindell is making his Off-Broadway debut with the play On the Evolutionary Function of Shame.
Theatre alum Matt Barbot ’17 is debuting his new play the beautiful land i seek (la linda tierra que busco yo) at The Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in its world premiere.
A Woman Among Women by Playwriting alum Julia May Jonas ’12 was recently selected as a New York Times Critic’s Pick. The show's debut on October 15, 2024, opened The Bushwick Starr’s new location at 419 Eldert Street.
Playwriting alum Sam Grabiner ‘21 won the 2024 Stage Debut Award for his play Boys on the Verge of Tears. The Stage, Britain’s premier theatre publication, has annually recognized the most promising debuts in the region since 2017
Theatre alums Saheem Ali ’07 and Jocelyn Bioh ’08 are bringing their new musical Goddess to New York. The show is set to premiere in Spring 2025 at The Public Theater, where Ali also serves as Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director.
The Public Theater's inaugural Judith Champion New Work Series will feature work by Directing alum Shayok Misha Chowdhury '16 and a play directed by Adjunct Assistant Professor Saheem Ali '06.